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US President Barack Obama has warned that "battle-hardened" Europeans who embrace jihad in Syria and Iraq threaten the United States because their passports mean they can enter the country without a visa.

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BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces have pressed a counter-attack on Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit as jihadists who led a blistering Sunni militant offensive that captured swathes of territory declared a "caliphate".

KIEV - The leaders of Germany and France have warned Vladimir Putin that Russia could be hit with punishing sanctions within days unless he forced Ukrainian rebels Moscow is accused of backing to suspend their deadly uprising.

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MAIDUGURI - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have attacked a series of churches near Chibok, the northeast Nigeria town where more than 200 teenage girls were kidnapped in April, with dozens feared dead, witnesses say.

ROME - More than 1,600 migrants have been rescued by the Italian navy and coast guard over the weekend, as the annual arrivals toll crept towards a record high.

LAHORE - A teenage girl has died in Pakistan after being doused in petrol and set alight by a man who wanted to marry her but whose proposal had been rejected.

TORONTO - Crack-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is to return to work on Monday more popular than ever after a stint in rehab for his internationally publicised alcohol and drug abuse.